Experienced Air Battle Manager and proficient in squadron leadership roles. As a combat proven tactician, has shown consistent performance and readiness across a fifteen-year career. Doesn't shy away from tough projects and brings expert planning skills from the tactical to operational level. Has strong interpersonal skills demonstrated by unifying directorates and external units to develop partnerships towards common goals. A reliable, dedicated, and hard working officer who is motivated to learn, grow and excel in any position. Maintains a continuous security clearance for TS/SCI.
Manages administrative, scheduling, currency and development of 34 members. Additionally, qualified as a Mission Crew Commander and Senior Director leading day to day operations as well as the planning and execution of contingencies.
Acting Director of Operations from May-July 2022, leading the operations directorate in spin-up and a USCENTCOM rotational deployment. Managed Control and Reporting Center (CRC) training, readiness, mobility and qualifications for 160 squadron members to ensure CRC combat readiness.
Manages the day-to-day execution of four shop’s tasks, awards and decorations, and scheduling of personnel. Leads a 12-member crew of Danish, Canadian and U.S. controllers and surveillance covering 24/7 operations in support of USCENTCOM operations as a Mission Commander and Section Lead.
Acting Director of Operations for a two week period, generating sorties and maintaining NORAD alert postures. Managed the scheduling and execution of training sorties, alert postures, exercises, and combat readiness. Worked with Group Maintenance daily to keep two E-3 AWACS operationally ready. Worked as operations superintendent during training sorties to assist aircraft operations and report sortie effectiveness to the Operations Group Commander.
Responsible to the Air Operations Center commander for the planning, allocation, and tasking of air and cyberspace forces to meet Combined Forces Air Component Commander guidance. Led a team to accomplish daily ATO production, SPINS updates and rewrites, the Area Air Defense Plan, and produced the Alaska NORAD Region Master Air Attack Plan and CONOPS. Reviewed and edited General Officer policy, correspondence, and briefs to formulate plans for contingency responses in the Alaska NORAD Region.
Led a flight of 36 officers covering three crew positions managing currencies, scheduling training, alert, exercises, upgrades to ensure flight members were combat ready. Monitored flight positional manning levels to report to the squadron commander.
Led a team that scheduled control support for a fighter flying window for ten combat units. Scheduled currency and 24/7 "fight tonight" operations floor for 100 squadron members and six crew positions. Worked with Republic of Korea Air Force officers to schedule airspace across the Korean Peninsula. Scheduled CSAR, CAS, AI, DCA, and check-in controlled missions as well as crews for eight exercises across the Korean Peninsula. Member of 7th Air Force Command and Control Battle Management Crew of the Year in 2017.
Assistant flight commander for 35 officers and three officer crew positions maintaining currency and readiness. Assistant flight commander for communications flight supervising 23 NCOs and airmen across two crew positions.
Tracked squadron-wide fitness currency and reported weekly to the commander. Worked deployment exemptions for three deployment rotations. Led squadron fitness program for weekly mandatory fitness sessions.
176 ADS BCC Mission Crew Commander, Senior Director
727 EACS Certified Mission Commander and Section Lead
726 CRC ABM IQT, MQT, Instructor Upgrade and Section Lead Certification
611 AOC Master Air Attack Planner
E-3B/C/G Senior Director IQT, MQT, Instructor Upgrade and Evaluator Upgrade; Air Weapons Officer IQT and MQT
621 ACS Air Weapons Officer IQT and MQT, Senior Director IQT, MQT, and Instructor Upgrade
611 AOC Chief of Plans
Worked the Request For Forces, ATO production, and Master Air Attack Plan CONOPS for real-world operations, exercises, and training from 2019-2021. Created NORAD CONOPS for ICEX-20, Arctic missions, and bomber task force integration. Briefed 54 Master Air Attack Plans to the Alaska NORAD Region commander and was the lead planner for 5 Northern Sovereignty operations that contributed to the intercepts of 6 Russian bombers. As a part of the Strategy and Plans Division, led the efforts for Alaska NORAD Region AADP and SPINS rewrite in 2020. Member of the N-CFACC team, working directly for the Deputy NORAD commander to execute Vigilant Shield 20 at NORAD headquarters.
962 AACS Senior Director
Held alert as E-3 Senior Director, launched and flew 17 sorties in support of the Alaska NORAD Region mission flying as the Senior Director for the E-3 NORAD and led the squadron in NORAD's Regional Alert Force Evaluation in August 2021 to a passing inspection.
Raging Gunfighter Flag 2022
Exercised Agile Combat Employment with 366FW; Crew Mission Commander
Red Flag Alaska 2021, 2019, 2018
962 AACS Detachment Commander; C2 Team Lead; mission planning cell lead; Crew Senior Director; Superior Performer 2018; mission commander for 2 dynamic targeting vuls
Northern Edge 2021; 2019
Alaska’s premier joint training exercise and electronic warfare exercise; Crew evaluator Senior Director; C2 Team Lead for five vuls
NORAD AMALGAM-DART Live Fly 2021, 2019
Crew Senior Director
NORAD Vigilant Shield 2020
NORAD-CFACC task force planner; acted as Alaska NORAD Region subject matter expert
Polar Force Readiness Exercise 2021, 2020, 2019
Wing level readiness exercise; flew sorties as crew senior director; Ensured readiness of flight members; Mission Commander for DCA vul
Vigilant Ace, ROK, 2017, 2018
Crew lead and planner; mission commander for air defense vul
Pacific Thunder 2017, 2018
Crew lead and planner; Squadron project officer; Crew lead; superior performer 2017
Max Thunder 2017
Mission Planning Cell lead; Mission Commander DCA vul
Beverly Herd 2017, 2018
51FW live fly readiness exercise in ROK; Mission Planning Cell lead; Mission Commander 2 vuls
Beverly Pack 2017, 2018
8FW live fly readiness exercise, ROK; Mission planning cell lead
WSINT support 17-A
CSAR section lead; controlled 2 DCA vuls
Beverly Bulldog 2017
51FW and 8FW combined readiness exercise, ROK; Mission Planning Cell lead; Mission Commander DCA vul; superior performer
Red Flag Nellis 2012, 2014, 2015
Crew Air Weapons Officer; Crew Senior Director; Superior Performer 2014
NORAD Vigilant Shield 2015
Live fly exercise E-3 Senior Director in Goose Bay, Canada; Agile combat employment MPC planner
Checkered Flag 2014
Crew Senior Director and C2 package lead
Acting 726 ACS Director of Operations May-July 2022
Assistant Director of Operations in CRC, expeditionary squadron, and a flying squadron
Acting 962 AACS Director of Operations February 2021
Flight Commander 2018-2019
Chief of Operations for 621 ACS in Republic of Korea 2016-2018
Mission commander and C2 team lead of big flag exercises on three platforms across several combatant commands
727 EACS July 2022-April 2023
Assistant Director of Operations, Mission Commander and Section Lead executing operations in support of the Combined Defense of the Arabian Peninsula and Operation Iraqi Resolve.
968 EAACS April – August 2015
Crew Senior Director leading team of five flying in support of Operation Iraqi Resolve.
968 EAACS April – August 2014
Crew Senior Director leading a team of five flying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Combined Defense of the Arabian Gulf and aided in the intelligence preparation of the environment for Operation Inherent Resolve in the opening stages.
968 EAACS November 2012 – April 2013
Crew Air Weapons Officer flying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Combined Defense for the Arabian Gulf and worked on mission planning cell staff.